I gotta tell ya, Kerry Wood and Joe Beimel are looking even better now that you don’t have to lose any draft picks to sign them…

Heck, even Bobby Abreu and Pat Burrell look like pretty good options for left field until F-Mart is ready in 2010. I wouldn’t break the bank for either of them, but they would be less costly alternatives to Raul Ibanez and won’t cost the Mets any additional compensation in the form of draft picks.

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